NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - INDIANAPOLIS
CENTRAL INDIANA WEATHER HISTORY
MAY
01. 2002 BLOOMFIELD...HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WASHED OUT
CULVERTS AND A DRIVEWAY.
02. 1983 WINDS UP TO 80 MPHBLOW OUT SOME WINDOWS IN DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS.
03. 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BRING DAMAGING WINDS AND GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL TO SOUTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA.
04. 1977 A TORNADO DESTROYS A BARN AND DAMAGES HOUSES NEAR
CUTLER IN CARROLL COUNTY.
05. 1952 AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE
DATE IS SET AT 92 DEGREES.
06. 1971 A TORNADO SKIPS ACROSS KNOX AND DAVIESS COUNTIES...
DESTROYING A HOUSE AND 3 MOBILE HOMES IN ADDITION TO
OTHER DAMAGE.
07. 1986 RUSHVILLE...A TORNADO BREAKS WINDOWS IN HOUSES AS WELL
KNOCKS DOWN TREES.
08. 1923 INDIANAPOLIS...0.9 INCHES OF SNOW IS THE LATEST SPRING
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR THE CITY.
09. 2000 A SQUALL LINE MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE...LOCALIZED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...AND
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
10. 2003 AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CLOVERDALE...DROPPING
A TREE ON A CAR AND A HOUSE.
11. 1993 MUNCIE...A 16 YEAR OLD NEAR A POND WAS STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. THE TEEN WAS HOSPITALIZED BUT QUICKLY RECOVERED.
12. 1886 WILLIAMSPORT TO NORTHEAST OF ATTICA...A TORNADO SAID
TO SOUND LIKE THE ROAR OF A GREAT WATERFALL STRUCK KILLING
FIVE PEOPLE AND INJURING 12. IT WAS SAID THAT IN ATTICA
IN FIVE MINUTES 200 HOMES WERE DESTROYED. A SECOND TORNADO
IN WILKINSON TOOK TWO MORE LIVES AND INJURED 12 MORE.
13. 2009 INDIANAPOLIS...THUNDERSTORM WINDS BLEW DOWN A 31 FOOT
TALL RADIO TOWER.
14. 1972 A TORNADO CAUSES NON-CONTINUOUS DAMAGE FROM INDIANAPOLIS
TO NEAR MECHANICSBURG. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 2 MILLION
DOLLARS.
15. 2009 HOPE...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FALLS.
16. 1990 WAVE AFTER WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS DUMPED UP TO 8 INCHES
OF RAIN IN SOUTHERN INDIANA EVENTUALLY CAUSING EXTENSIVE
FLOODING TO THE WHITE AND WABASH RIVERS.
17. 1991 LEBANON...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 87 MPH.
18. 1927 INDIANAPOLIS...A KILLER TORNADO ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH
STRAIGHTLINE WINDS MOVED THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY.
TWO BOYS DIED...AND UP TO 200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. THE
WORST DESTRUCTION OCCURRED IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF
THE CITY WHERE 16 SOLID BLOCKS WERE DEVASTATED.
19. 1977 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FALLS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES IN
EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY. HAIL ACCUMULATED 12 TO 18 INCHES
DEEP IN BAKERS GROVE.
20. 1982 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FALLS IN SEVERAL COUNTIES ACROSS
CENTRAL INDIANA.
21. 1949 TWO TORNADOES KILLED 17 PEOPLE AND INJURED OVER 200
MORE. MOST OF THE DEATHS AND INJURIES OCCURRED WHEN A
TORNADO HIT THE WEST SIDE OF SHELBURN.
22. 1991 SEVERE STORMS BRING A WEAK TORNADO...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND FLOODING RAINS TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA.
23. 1978 A SMALL TORNADO DAMAGES A FARM NEAR CORTLAND IN
JACKSON COUNTY.
24. 1998 CARMEL...LIGHTNING STRUCK 5 CARMEL AREA HOMES...
STARTING FIRES.
25. 1975 A TORNADO CARVES A 3 MILE LONG PATH THROUGH BROWN
COUNTY STATE PARK...DOWNING MANY TREES.
26. 1996 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FALLS AT MONROE CITY.
27. 1961 LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING MARK THE LATEST SPRING
FREEZE ON RECORD FOR INDIANAPOLIS.
28. 1883 FROM WEST OF CLAY CITY TO ADAMS...A TORNADO THAT MOVED
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE KILLED 11 PEOPLE...
INCLUDING TWO WHO WERE SEEKING SHELTER UNDER A BRIDGE ACROSS
THE EEL RIVER WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS DEMOLISHED.
29. 1982 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAUSE SEVERAL INJURIES AT A
CAMPGROUND IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.
30. 2004 THE SECOND LARGEST TORNADO OUTBREAK IN INDIANA. 23
TORNADOES STRUCK THE STATE.
31. 1941 INDIANAPOLIS...THE DRIEST SPRING /MARCH-MAY/ ON RECORD
FOR THE CITY ENDS...WITH A TOTAL OF ONLY 4.15 INCHES
OF RAIN.